"After you," Jack smirked, with a wave of his hand. Cautiously Lei went in and sat at a booth.
In all honesty, Lei hadn't known quite what to expect. He had figured that Jack would be angry with him but it seemed that wasn't the case. Lei looked at the menu and when the waitress came over he ordered a root beer soda. His eyes wide in delight, he had not had one in an extremely long time. Not since he'd been transferred off-world to KO 35. When they had both ordered they turned their eyes to face one another. Jack's was showing his reluctance to just accept this new character.
"So…" Jack said leaning back in the booth his hands folded on the table.
"So…I guess I should start by explaining…" Lei looked away. He saw the birds outside and kids playing with their friends. Girls with pigtail playing hopscotch while the boys chased them down with squirt guns. He sighed inwardly. It was definite this situation needed to be remedied.
Jack nodded, "answers would be nice."
Lei glanced back at his watch, momentarily distracted.
"I am not her brother." Fiddling with his fingers, " I helped detain and then take her brother to another planet for work. I was supposed to detain them both but I- I never did. We went to her apartment, the one that was supposed to be abandoned. I found them and he, her brother told me that he would come if I left his sister alone." his voice went from soft to harsh, " Let's make something clear Jack, she doesn't need to know. I promis-"
Jack's arched brow and snickering face stopped Lei short.
"So you're playing her? What is she to you? A doll. Something you can twist to your methods?" He stood from his spot as he leaned against the table. His hair shading his face from view to the rest of the people in the room. "Leave her alone. Got it. She doesn't need your sympathy, she's got me and Z. We'll watch her back."
With that he strode from the scene. Slamming chairs out of his way.